The one who is running against Erdogan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has vowed that he will remove all refugees from Turkey if he becomes president. As we read in Bianet: In a visit yesterday (May 23) to the earthquake-stricken province of Hatay, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the presidential candidate of […]
Turkey has pulled back on Sweden’s accession to NATO, after Kurdish activists in Sweden did a demonstration in which they did a mocking hanging of an effigy with Erdogan. As we read in Kommersant: Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Sentop canceled a visit to Ankara scheduled for Tuesday by his Swedish counterpart Andreas Norlen, […]
I find it surreal that the country that butchered a million people of a particular nation are now telling that very nation that they will face consequences and this is considered acceptable because this country is an ally. This is the case of Turkey which still denies the Armenian Genocide. This would be like Germany […]
An Armenian scholar by the name of Karine Gevorgyan has warned that the Turkish government has nuclear materials in Ukraine and wants to use them to make nuclear weapons. As we read in Pravda: UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters this week that in addition to the agenda announced by the Turkish side, the three […]
By Theodore Shoebat Erdogan is demanding for an “international protection force”. He made this known to Putin recently. Turkey is a country that is encroaching in the Eastern Mediterranean, entering the maritime territories of the Greeks and Egyptians, and also causing consternation for Israel. Meanwhile, Turkey’s military has been occupying the Northeastern part of Syria. […]
President Erdogan of Turkey is showing signs suggesting he wants to crown himself a new sultan in the Islamic world and representative of the Turkic peoples. The political and social implications for this are vast and could reshape the politics for the next century. However, as much as Erdogan wants to rise, there are many […]
With a tumultuous US election, at least as how it appears from the outside to many, world leaders are taking notice- some with concern, and others with delight. According to the Washington Examiner, one of those in the latter category is noted as being President Erdogan, sparking fears among some that a ‘power vacuum’ created […]
By Theodore Shoebat Turkish nationalists stormed Armenian neighborhoods to show their support for Azerbaijan against Armenia. As we read in France24: Turkey’s Armenian community is becoming increasingly fearful about reprisals as fighting rages in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has the support of the Turkish government. On October 5, […]
By Theodore Shoebat President Trump, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, And the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, have exhorted both the Armenians and Azerbaijanis to cease their fighting which has, so far, led to the deaths of about hundred people and hundreds more getting wounded. But, both Armenia and Azerbaijan refuse to end their […]
Asleep for almost a century, the notorious roar of the Ottoman lion from the past is being heard again as Turkey grows in military might and with it a desire to impress herself on the world. In a recent story from AP News, Turkish President Erdogan has made direct threats to Greece over her claims […]
For years, Ted, Walid, and I have warned about Turkish President Erdogan and his aspirations for the Sultanate of old and a revival of the Ottoman Empire. Many said that such a view was an overreaction or a misguided approach of some kind, but based on patterns of historical behavior and statements coming out from […]
President of Turkey Erdogan has made very clear that he wants to revive the Ottoman Empire. However, according to the Christian Post, Erdogan has taken this another step by turning another ancient Christian church into a mosque. About a month after converting Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer, Turkish President Recep […]
By Theodore Shoebat Trump recently declared that Biden will not be to handle the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, if h becomes the next US president. In an interview with Fox and Friends Trump said: “Let’s face it, Joe’s shot … You’re dealing with people that are very sharp. You’re dealing with world-class chess […]
President Erdogan of Turkey has made very clear that he wants to revive a “new” Turkey made in the image of her former Ottoman self, and likely to do so by the 100th anniversary of the abolition of the Caliphate, as Turkey sees herself as the “protector” and “guardian” of Islam, and as Europe wants […]
The place where the Hagia Sophia is located has been used as a church since 360, but after the construction of the particular church in 537, for over 900 years it was used as a church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, at which point it was turned and used as a mosque […]
By Walid & Theodore Shoebat When Ottoman Sultan Selim Shah invaded Egypt on January 23rd, 1517, the imams throughout the mosques of Cairo declared: “O Allah, assist the Sultan, son of the Sultan, Sovereign of the Two Continents, of the Two Seas, Destroyer of Two Armies, Sultan of the Two Iraqs, Servant of the Two […]
